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IvyAdams
05-21-2015, 06:43 PM
You guys... I am so frustrated with ModelCentro right now that I could cry.
I moved across the country about 5 weeks ago and stopped receiving checks. I updated my payout information with them WAY in advance, and when it hit the 2 week mark from the check that was sent out on April 28th, I emailed them asking to double check that it was sent to the new address. They assured me that it was, and that checks just take awhile to arrive. A few days later, I checked again with them- as I still hadn't received anything in the mail and was waiting on the check desperately so that I could afford to buy things like groceries, or furniture for the new place. They once again assured me that it WAS sent to the new address and to be patient.
They recommended switching to Payoneer for future payments (which I recently got approved for THANK GOD) Unfortunately, I was approved for Payoneer after the next check dated the 13th was sent out. (By this point I had forwarded my address.) I then sent them ANOTHER email saying that I was fairly certain I was never going to see that check from the 28th, since it's been almost a month and that I Would really appreciate it being re-issued via Payoneer. They told me that I needed to wait another 2 weeks to see if it came before that could happen. Well, today I received a check in the mail. The one from the 13th... that was addressed to my OLD address.
WHAT. In. The. Actual. Fuck. - I feel lied to. I feel like nobody even checked on the things that I was asking them to check on, and I feel like they didn't care that I wasn't getting my portion of the money that I was bringing in. That other check is sitting in my old mailbox in another state. Granted, I should have forwarded my address before I moved ( but honestly, I changed my address with them with plenty of notice and I had so much on my mind I didn't even think about it) and I'm thankful I finally received money- but I'm soooo pissed off that this was such an issue in the first place, and because they didn't follow through- I went for 3 weeks without money that I was depending on for the move.
I don't like not knowing where my money is. I ESPECIALLY don't like it when people that are in charge of my money, don't have their story straight... even more so because I can't see a detailed break down of the payouts. It makes me not trust them with handling my money in any regard.
The cherry on top is that my first live members show was tonight. I had around 10 different guys re-arrange their schedules to make it. Lo and behold only one of them was able to actually get the live show to load on their end and he said the whole thing was very glitchy and there was a huge delay. My guys were not happy, and it made me look very unprofessional.
I just don't know what to do with all this.. and I needed to vent. :/
EDIT:
Then I feel bad because I receive snaps from my members like this:
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PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-21-2015, 07:26 PM
Sorry that this is happening to you Ivy. I can see where a few things may have gotten lost in confusion. However, I find it strange that they don't have an accurate display of money earned in each dashboard. I signed up assuming that it would be there. And then I was shocked to find out that it wasn't. Most of us love you MODELCENTRO, but you better get that beta fixed asap. That should have happened before you launched.
IvyAdams
05-21-2015, 11:21 PM
Thank you Phatgirl! Yeah, it's a big mess... Which I know will get resolved eventually, it's just really frustrating when I continually checked multiple times with them, and then find out that it WAS the reason I thought it was the whole time.
I'm happy that they have the payout on the dash now! It's the first step and they are usually so good at listening that I have no doubt they'll integrate more features for it.
NatalieCentro
05-22-2015, 04:33 AM
@IvyAdams, I wish I knew this was happening. :( it's an obvious confusion that I will make sure to personally work out - this shouldn't happen and I am sorry that you had to go through all the hassle. Please have no doubts that we will clear all balance issues.
As to live shows, if you can let me know by email the usernames of the guys who had issues (if they didn't yet hit up customer support about it), I will reach out to them myself and test out what could have gone wrong.
NatalieCentro
05-22-2015, 06:39 AM
@IvyAdams, again please excuse the inconvenience. I figured out what went wrong, where the break in communication happened and why this wasn't taken care of. I've also held a meeting with people responsible for the matter to discuss why and how it happened and how to avoid anything of this sort from happening in the future. We've restructured the system to make 1 person responsible for this so that there's no more confusion as opposed to letting it be the responsibility of 3 different people as it was in the past. I know this doesn't work out all the trouble it's caused you and doesn't negate your frustration over it, but I hope it helps at least a bit.
We've sent over the amount of the lost check via payoneer about 15 minutes ago, please check and confirm that you got it.
Waiting now to hear about the users who had trouble accessing your liveshow.
IvyAdams
05-22-2015, 07:15 AM
Thank you so much Natalie, I will send you an email shortly with the guys emails.
This just proves once again how ModelCentro listens.
beauvoir
05-23-2015, 01:42 PM
I'm confused.
Is adultcentro and modelcentro the same thing?
NatalieCentro
05-23-2015, 02:44 PM
I'm confused.
Is adultcentro and modelcentro the same thing?
Good day! No, these are not the same. AdultCentro is a content platform which gathers under one roof a Cloud service, a licensing Marketplace, Channels and content leasing system called Publisher. It was established in 2008 and is currently the biggest B2B content platform in the adult industry.
ModelCentro is a relatively new endeavor of ours - 1.5 years old, done by some of the same people and using some of the same infrastructure. However, it is essentially different in the nature of the product. It is a platform that allows performers to easily create and run their fan membership sites.
You can learn more about both by going to adultcentro.com and modelcentro.com
beauvoir
05-23-2015, 02:59 PM
I'm so confused. What's the one where all my cam listings and maybe pics/videos are all in one place? Is that modelcentro? Is it the same as the .cammodels.com link?
hyori
05-23-2015, 03:21 PM
The Cammodels link is your Streamate promotional link that will give you 75% of what a guy spends on you and 20% of what he spends on other models.
ModelCentro.com is the company that provides us with a subscription pay site where you can sell your pics/vids for a paid subscription to guys. You get 67.5% of the earnings. It's also great because they have partnerships with Streamate, (the button that says "join my site" during your live broadcasts links to your ModelCentro website), VerifiedCall, (PSO site), and SkyPrivate (Skype site). You can also have your social media identities linked up eg. Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Soon, MC will have the ability to let us sell our physical items eg. panties.
beauvoir
05-23-2015, 04:10 PM
So they are two different things? Duh.
How do I get up a .cammodels.com link?
LaylaLovely
05-23-2015, 04:38 PM
It's your sm name www.cammodelname.cammodels.com^^^^
hyori
05-23-2015, 05:35 PM
So they are two different things? Duh.
How do I get up a .cammodels.com link?
If you are on SM, your link is already working. Yourname.cammodels.com
Jane Joe
05-26-2015, 04:07 AM
So if I blocked Texas and I opted to get promoted through affiliate marketing. Will the people from Texas see my ads when they visit the affiliate site promoting me?
IvyAdams
05-30-2015, 09:37 AM
Hey ladies!
If you have a ModelCentro site and want to have affiliates, send me a PM! I'm currently looking for models to promote on my website :)
NatalieCentro
05-30-2015, 10:01 AM
So if I blocked Texas and I opted to get promoted through affiliate marketing. Will the people from Texas see my ads when they visit the affiliate site promoting me?
Yes, affiliates will promote you on their sites and those do not have area blocking. You can request to opt-out of promotion, but if you are going to keep it there's no guarantee that it won't be found by your locals.
amanda36c
05-31-2015, 05:26 AM
Hmmm ...
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NatalieCentro
05-31-2015, 05:36 AM
Welcome back, Amanda. Thanks for the bump.
NatalieCentro
06-09-2015, 08:08 AM
Oh boy CamCon was much fun. Cherry on top was the opportunity to meet Sam38G in person! I'm incredibly lucky - she is a gem and there's no denying that. It was worth going just for that. I feel inspired and energized from a few conversations with her.
https://instagram.com/p/3fcfepPMb5/
NatalieCentro
06-11-2015, 10:53 AM
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On behalf of the entire ModelCentro Team - thank you!
Not only are we a proud winner of the Best CMS title, we're incredibly happy that "Best Solo Website" title went to KylieCupcake.com (powered by ModelCentro) and Best Fetish Model was voted to be Emma Wild, with EmmaWild.net (also powered by ModelCentro). We are tremendously proud and honored!
Read more in our blog (http://modelcentro.com/mc-blog/20478)
justanothercamgirl
06-15-2015, 01:29 PM
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On behalf of the entire ModelCentro Team - thank you!
Not only are we a proud winner of the Best CMS title, we're incredibly happy that "Best Solo Website" title went to KylieCupcake.com (powered by ModelCentro) and Best Fetish Model was voted to be Emma Wild, with EmmaWild.net (also powered by ModelCentro). We are tremendously proud and honored!
Read more in our blog (http://modelcentro.com/mc-blog/20478)
I am excited to see what ModelCentro will be up to in the future. Has there been any word on the storefront yet?
NatalieCentro
06-16-2015, 03:48 AM
I am excited to see what ModelCentro will be up to in the future. Has there been any word on the storefront yet?
It's a fairly big task that was broken down into steps. Step one will be "free" memberships - without access to content, just so you'd have them on file, and this way they can log in and choose the content they want to pay for, that will then be developed into a customs request form and from there - into a full-blown storefront.
hyori
06-16-2015, 08:10 AM
^^ Right now I'm using the Tip Menu to list things like, "Buy my Panties" etc. Is that OK?
NatalieCentro
06-16-2015, 08:19 AM
hyori, you can use Tips for sales, sure. Beware of the panties though - In the US any transfer of bodily fluids for sale is a crime.
NatalieCentro
06-26-2015, 07:17 AM
Hey Ladies! Been wanting to post something for a while.
Some time ago we had questions about whether the use of songs are allowed in live shows and I guess I misunderstood the question or didn’t really realize how this works but I wanted to go back to the topic and discuss it again so that everyone is clear on this.
ModelCentro will not go after you for having a car alarm accidentally go off in the background of your live show - this isn’t copyrighted material and you had no control over that happening.
However, when it comes to taking a full song and deliberately using it for a live show - that would be a breach of copyright. (Because you are making money from the show using their intellectual property without a license to do so).
I really liked what Sam38G said then about Karma, so I’ll cite her, although not use a direct quote. Think of it this way - you wouldn’t want your content to be stolen, so there’s no reason to steal from the artist who made the track.
There are plenty of sites where you can get free or buy rights to use songs, tunes, tracks or melodies. Here are some of them:
http://freemusicarchive.org/
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
http://www.danosongs.com/
http://www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/
http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/free-music.html
https://musopen.org
http://dig.ccmixter.org/free
You can use the free ones for shows as well as video soundtracks.
Please excuse any confusion that my post before could have caused.
To recap - ModelCentro, not claiming any rights to your content, expects you to be responsible for your own content and make sure that you do not breach copyright or any other applicable laws.
Sam38g
06-26-2015, 12:57 PM
It's a fairly big task that was broken down into steps. Step one will be "free" memberships - without access to content, just so you'd have them on file, and this way they can log in and choose the content they want to pay for, that will then be developed into a customs request form and from there - into a full-blown storefront.
Do you know about when this feature will be live?
Love it, cause I know it will be a money maker.
Smooches,
Sam
Damiansmommy10
06-29-2015, 03:49 PM
So I was thinking about signing up? do you link your camming sites to it, or is it its own cammming site? can you sell photos,videos,and is there a sexting/texting opition? how much can I really make with this site is it good to use?
NatalieCentro
06-30-2015, 01:39 AM
Do you know about when this feature will be live?
Love it, cause I know it will be a money maker.
Smooches,
Sam
No set date yet, unfortunately. It depends on a few major core features, and it will take a while to release each one, with all the testing and development attributed to each. We've also focused largely on optimization and stabilization as the system is growing out rapidly, we can no longer afford to have glitches. You'll know that it's soon once the payment-free signup is out (free members who will then be prompted to pay $, with very limited access). I can get you the approximation time by our roadmap, but I've seen things skewed on it before.
NatalieCentro
06-30-2015, 01:51 AM
So I was thinking about signing up? do you link your camming sites to it, or is it its own cammming site? can you sell photos,videos,and is there a sexting/texting opition? how much can I really make with this site is it good to use?
Hey there Damiansmommy10, thanks for reaching out. The system lets you run your own site. It's hard to estimate how successful it can be as it largely depends on the amount of work you put in, your current following etc. You can link it to your cam rooms to your site, as well as use all the other built in features - upload videos and photosets, write blog, post in events calendar, collect tips, perform live shows for your members etc.
Damiansmommy10
06-30-2015, 10:34 PM
is there a way I can make a tab for all my sites that im on to be shown on my site?
NatalieCentro
07-01-2015, 02:56 AM
Usually models put that kind of info on the About me or Home page welcome text, but if you want a separate page I'm sure we can work something out.
NatalieCentro
07-01-2015, 09:15 AM
Cool Independence Day Contest! Share the Independence!
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LEARN MORE! (http://community.modelcentro.com/index.php?p=/discussion/447&utm_source=ModelCentro&utm_campaign=96dc3c1671-ModelCentro_Referral_Contest6_30_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6fbcdba647-96dc3c1671-)
Sasha Green
07-04-2015, 07:00 AM
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Independence means:
Owning your own content and brand!
Designing your own website!
Being able to promote whatever you want on your website!
Getting a free domain that you own!
Greetings to all our models in the US from ModelCentro!
P.S. Don't forget to participate in Independence Day Referral Contest! (http://community.modelcentro.com/index.php?p=/discussion/447/independence-day-contest-on-modelcentro#latest)
NatalieCentro
08-05-2015, 12:05 PM
The $100 Amazon gift cards finally find their owners. The ModelCentro Referral Contest winners (http://community.modelcentro.com/index.php?p=/discussion/494/see-if-you-won-the-100-amazon-gift-cards-finally-find-their-owners) have been determined... and gone shopping :)
LaylaLovely
08-05-2015, 02:56 PM
I didn't even know my site was active and I guess a guy joined?? I don't have any pics up or vids
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-05-2015, 03:01 PM
I didn't even know my site was active and I guess a guy joined?? I don't have any pics up or vids
Guess you better get to work then?
LaylaLovely
08-05-2015, 03:21 PM
Lol I know!! I was literally about to close it down :D
NatalieCentro
08-06-2015, 01:55 AM
Looks like he's desperate :)
We can always refund him if you want, but I agree with PhatGirlDynomite!!! :) - maybe it's a sign to tell you to keep setting up your website.
LaylaLovely
08-06-2015, 08:29 AM
For some reason when I try and set up the website it goes so slow on my computer, at least the template part, also are we allowed to have more than one model centro website for different personas?
I work a lot of sites so I've never found the time to make videos or special pics..maybe I'll try or refund him.
Yes how do I refund him?? He's already asking me why he can't see my pictures or videos. I sent him an apology message letting him know it was still under construction and that I could refund him.
I haven't logged into my modelcentro in a long time, are we suppose to have skyprivate in our affiliate program? I made one referral through them. What is the normal referral plan for affiliate programs? Mines at the default 50%
NatalieCentro
08-06-2015, 01:29 PM
For some reason when I try and set up the website it goes so slow on my computer, at least the template part, also are we allowed to have more than one model centro website for different personas?
I work a lot of sites so I've never found the time to make videos or special pics..maybe I'll try or refund him.
Yes how do I refund him?? He's already asking me why he can't see my pictures or videos. I sent him an apology message letting him know it was still under construction and that I could refund him.
I haven't logged into my modelcentro in a long time, are we suppose to have skyprivate in our affiliate program? I made one referral through them. What is the normal referral plan for affiliate programs? Mines at the default 50%
He can put in a refund request himself through the billing support link, or you can email support at modelcentro.com and let them know his username/email and ask to issue a refund.
The editor should work fairly quickly - it's been vastly improved lately. Try clearing cache/cookies and checking again, maybe an old script cached?
You can have several sites if you have different personas, although we don't recommend it, or at least starting two at once.
50% is the standard industry rate on revshare
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-07-2015, 09:44 AM
Haven't used it yet but the new ck editor looks really good. Now we can use embedded media in our blog post. I love this because now I can use my youtube clips on the site. I dont like using previews for my clips. I think 45 seconds is too long. But now I can give them a taste of what I look like or sound like without giving the store away. Also I just realized that my .xxx domain with the paysite is now getting more hits than my 6 year old domain!!! I think the the new editor and some tweaking can help get me some sales straight from google search results. Thanks!
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-07-2015, 12:39 PM
I just noticed that my settings keep changing? I don't allow downloads but twice now I've had to change it from enabled to disabled in my dashboard. I don't like that. I wanna set it and forget it Ron Popeil style. Same thing with previews. I've had to change that too. I meant to post about this a few hours ago with my other post. But I was rushed. I'm busy. Having to check frequently during upgrades to the system concerns me. Can we please have the default set to disabled?
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-08-2015, 07:57 AM
Hey Natalie, are there any plans to support mp3's? I have a ton of audio recordings and would love to add them to my site without having to create a video. Thank you
NatalieCentro
08-08-2015, 01:59 PM
PhatGirlDynomite!!!, thanks for reporting, I'll have the guys check it out, please shoot me a PM with your account info or an email about this to support at modelcentro.com from your account's email.
Not in the nearest roadmap, unfortunately, for mp3's, but this is a second request we got for those so far, if there will be more we might move it up - we prioritize based on amount of requests of the feature from the models who use the platform.
innocentindian
08-09-2015, 04:51 PM
+1 for interest in mp3s :) Support for audio files would be awesome!
CummingCouple
08-16-2015, 09:43 AM
How would any of you rate your overall satisfaction with the site 1-10? Feel free to add your referral link so we can signup when the decision is made. It seems great compared to anything else out there and we want personal account(s) of model rating of modelcentro to help us decide.
hyori
08-16-2015, 10:26 AM
I love MC and I am a big advocate of this company.
The GOOD:
1. The support is incredible, the templates are beautiful and the tech is top notch.
2. They have formed beneficial partnerships with SM, LCMS, VerifiedCall, and SkyPrivate.
3. You can post your Amazon wishlist, Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook.
5. You get 67.5% of your earnings. That's quite high for all of the features you get with your site.
6. They are constantly improving the on the features and they actually listen to model feedback. They truly work with you.
7. They have a great referral program and getting affiliates is pretty easy to do with a click of a button. You can see who is promoting you. You can connect your own method of analytics eg. Google
9. Access to an active, built-in forum where you can interact directly with the site admins and other models.
10. Video/picture upload is very fast and relatively glitch-free. Quality of streaming is top-notch. If you were to try and take stills, upload vids, organize, resize content etc. it would take hours to do the same amount of work on your own.
11. Best of all, all of this is free.
The not so good:
1. You are responsible for most of your social media management.
2. You are limited to their approved social media links and only to Amazon for your wishlist.
3. You can only upload videos and pictures at this time. (They have promised the ability to sell other types of products, so this may change).
4. It is difficult to customize the site and limited to their template design.
Their biggest competitor is CamModelStore.
The GOOD:
1. You can sell merchandise, Skype time, creative products like baked goods, unbanning, etc.
2. You get 80% of your earnings.
3. Fantastic referral program, you get $75 dollars if you can sign up a new model through your link who then pays the start-up cost.
4. Interesting Pay Per Minute Skype feature similar to SkyPrivate.
The not so good:
1. No direct selling of videos, customers cannot download or stream directly from your site so you have to provide the links via a service like ProjectMaenad for video purchases. None of this is automated.
2. Start-up cost of $149.99, regular price is $399.99. This is actually reasonable considering the costs of setting a payment provider yourself, however, ModelCentro does so much more without any start-up cost to you.
3. No promotion through social media. You are responsible bringing in your own traffic.
4. Limited to a very nineties style template with limited customization, design is very amateur in comparison to the cutting edge template designs that ModelCentro provides to you free.
5. No beneficial partnerships with big box sites.
6. Sites overall take longer to load then MC domains at this time.
7. I don't think you can do your own site analysis, but I could be wrong.
Those are the good/bad comparison points I could come up with in a nutshell. In conclusion, I believe MC to be the far better deal especially since they are constantly improving, listening to our feedback and truly provide innovation. They have already won multiple awards in such a short time. I can't say enough good about MC!
Vlodina
08-16-2015, 10:41 AM
2. You are limited to their approved social media links and only to Amazon for your wishlist.
They were happy to change it to DeliveryCode for me. x
Tsani
08-16-2015, 02:46 PM
How would any of you rate your overall satisfaction with the site 1-10? Feel free to add your referral link so we can signup when the decision is made. It seems great compared to anything else out there and we want personal account(s) of model rating of modelcentro to help us decide.
I'm no longer with Model Centro since I retired the persona I signed up with and I'm currently on hiatus/temporary retirement. But when and if I ever get back to it, I'll definitely be coming back to them. I was very happy with the features and the company itself. The site editor when I was there was glitchy, but support was very helpful and prompt in getting back to me. And they might have improved the editor since I was there last. Natalie is awesome and just the fact that she's active on here, answering our questions and stuff, is a good testament to how great they are.
I'm a graphic and web designer, and at first when I saw Model Centro pop up on the forums I was like "oh great, they're stealing my business". But I couldn't help but like them, and I now recommend using them either instead of your own site, or as an addition to it as your member's area.
I think the thing that impresses me the most about MC is the fact that they really listen to our feedback and actually implement some of our ideas and requests. We're not just tools to make them money like I feel that most cam sites see us as (or at least treat us as). So yeah, I definitely recommend them. If I were to rate my satisfaction on a scale of 1-10 as you asked, I'd probably say 9. It would be a 10 if the payout percentage was a little higher, but I know that the current rate is very reasonable considering all the tools you get and the fact that they do promote you and give you amazing tools for promotion. So maybe a 9.5 ;)
NatalieCentro
09-02-2015, 07:45 AM
Great new feature - "Newsletter Club" - you can now collect names and emails to market the website to those who haven't quite made up their mind yet.
More info here: http://community.modelcentro.com/index.php?p=/discussion/526